Wine in sausage

[mohntr]

I've been looking at a lot of recipes for sausage and have noticed many call for a red wine, and a few white wine or beer. I have never added any of them.

Do you use wine in your sausage making?

 

[up in smoke]

I use a lot of wine in cooking and I have used apple cider in sausage…whatever works!

 

[gremlin]

Whatever works is correct.
Try reducing your red or white wine or apple cidar.
Just cook it down till you have what you need. For example.. try reducing a cup of the liquid of your choice down to about a half of a cup or a quarter of a cup and the flavour will be intensified.
I made 140 lbs of sausage the other day (2 days acually)and one recipe I used called for apple cider reduced to 1/2 a cup.
Boy that really brought out the apple flavour.

 

[mohntr]

Thanks Gremlin and Up in Smoke. Reducing it sounds like a great idea.

 

[deejaydebi]

MoHnr -

In some recipes you my not even notice the difference in others it just doesn't taste the same. I always use red wine in my pepperoni and sometimes in my Italian sausage. I think it makes a difference but I was raised eatting it that way.

I just mix the spices in it then pour it over all the meat.

Debi

 

[cheech]

A little wine in the sausage, wine with sausage what ever works

 

[jp4lsu]

Do you inject the sausage with wine or apple cider?

 

[deejaydebi]

Jody -

I mix all my spices in the wine and then slowly pour it over the meat and mix.